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Thursday, july 9. Todays Financial and Commercial News AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET Middling closed today at •I 4y B c. Tone Steady. Middling last year 12%c. „ CLOSING "QUOTATIONS Good ordinary ...11 7-8 Strict good ordinary 12 8-8 Dow middling 13 1-4 Strict low middling 13 7-8 Middling 14 1-8 Strict middling 14 ' 3-8 Good middling ... . Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second i 3 S-8 Previous Day's Figures Good ordinary 11 7-1 Strict good ordinary 12 S-S I-ow middling IS 1-4 Stiict low middling li Middling 14 1-4 Strict middling 14 3-3 <J«od middling Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 3-8 Receipts For Week Sales. Spin. Shlpt, Monday.. 316 304 416 Tuesday 439 72 67 Wednesday. 43 46 Css Thursday 34 27 214 Fr'day - Totals 527 449 982 Comparative Receipts 1913. 1914. Saturday —. Monday 76 278 Tuesdaiy 102 80 Wednesday 168 16 Thursday S 3 22 Totals 629 396 NEW YORK COTTON New York. —Steady Liverpool cables and the failure of the weather map to show any general rains in Texas seemed responsible for an opening advance of one to six points in the cotton market today. Liverpool was a good buyer of new crop months here and there seem ed to me a moderate demand from trado bouses and Wall street sources but gen eral business was quiet and after celling about one to eight points net higher prices eased off slightly under scattered realizing os* local pressure which may have been promoted by private wires in dicating showers at several points *n the southwest yesterday afternoon {Jhd ex pectations that today’s detailed reports might make a more favorable showing. The detailed weather report for the Houston district showing more rain and lower temperatures than yesterday was followed by a reaction late in the fore noon and the market was barely steady after midday with new crop months about one point lower to three points higher. The precipitation reported in Texas was' not considered general enough to fully relieve dvougt hy conditions and tha market steadied during the early after noon. August rallied to within five points of last night's ctose while new crop positions sold two to eight points net higher. Cotton futures closed steady. High. Low. Close. July 12.40 12.29 12.29 August 12.35 12.20 12.20 October 12.23 12.12 12.13 December 12.35 12.25 12.20 January 12.31 32.21 12.23 March ;• vA 2 - 35 12 * 26 12 38 LIVERPOOL COTTON Liverpool.—Spot cotton irregular. Good middling 7.85; middling 7.36; low mid dling 6.53. Sales 4,-000; for speculation and export, 300. Receipts 1,000. Futures steady. July 7.0914 July and August 7.09% September and October 6.72 Vi December and January 6.59 Februa#* and March 6.60 Vi April and May r 6.62 Vi NEW ORLEANS COTTON New Orleans.—Continued dry weather in the western belt caused buying in the en*rl v trading in cotton today. Op suing quotations were three to four poinis up and after the call the rise was widened to five to six points. At tlie nest of the morning prices were nine to ten points up. At noon the market was unchanged to one point down compared with yesterday's close. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET Chicago, Ills.—Wheat weakened today nuclei- a general rush of selling due to the large crop Indicated by the govern ment report. The market opened •>! to 2-4 down and showed additional losses before there was any reaction. Bullish construction of the government report ns to corn gave that cereal a de ckled lift. Profit-taking hy longs how ever wiped out all the gain In the July option The opening was 5-8 to 1 1-Sa -1-K higher, but deferred months as well as July underwent a setback later. Oats rallied on account of corn strength. v Higher quotations for hogs carried pro visions upgrade. South Dakota advices of serious Injury front black rust led to relative firmness later in wheat which closed steady, un hanged to l-Kal-4 lower net. ,\ fresh upturn in corn resulted from reports that the Illinois crop was firing. The close was strong, 5-8 to 3 1-1 net higher. WHEAT— Open. Hgh I.nw Cios* July .... 7*7. 79vs 7*74 79-14 Sept .... 7S*4 7*7* 7*14 « f i CORN — July .... «*% «*U *844 , «BT4 Sept .... *5% 9*74 *514 6*14 OATS— July .... 37 37'4 37 3744 Sept .... 3514 3* 35>4 35*4 PORK— Julv . . . .!<*<> 308(1 3040 2057 sept . . . . 2050 20*0 2010 2057 I.ARD— julv . . . .i»io 1012 joio ion Sept . . . .1025 1027 1022 1025 RIBS— Julv . . . . 1194 1192 1192 Sept . . . .117* 1190 11*7 1190 CHICAGO HOC AND CATTLE MARKET Chicago. llis.--Hogs: Receipts 17.000; strong; hulk 850*875: light 840*8*2 1-2; mixed *soaß*2 1-2; heavy 816*8*0; rough 915a835; pigs ?Soa**o Cattle: Receipts 3.000; steady: beeves 7*os97f>; steer* *lo**3o; Stockers and feeders 675*800; cows and heifers 3*s*- 9.1? calve* 750n10.50. sheep Receipts 17.0o0; slow; sheep 136a610; yearlings «00»750; lambs *505•30. •30. A VEXATIOUS SORT. The hopelc** man will never plan a future free from ".re, hut wends his wn froth d;.y t*- iln "1 ■ picture of de.-bib' With proper vim to sit on him would suit me passing well. My heart would ,«un p» it av«ry t;.amp that drew from him » ell. ] Stocks and Receipts Stock in Augusta, 1913 28,250 Stock in Augusta, 1914 13,592 Ree. since Sept. 1, 1913 337,017 Rec since Sept. 1, 1914 378,903 Augusta Daily Receipts 1913 1914 Georgia Railroad Sou. Railway Co 39 • Augusta Southern .. ,s Augusta-Aiken Ry. Co. ... Central of Ga. Ry Georgia ami Florida C. and W. C. Ry M 3 3 A. C. L. R. R 31 17 Wagon —— 2 River Net receipts S 3 22 Through Total 83 22 Port Receipts Today Last Tr. Galveston 1394 —— New Orleans 337 * Mobile Savannah 408 —• Charleston * Wilmington Norfolk 27 —■ Total ports test.) 3000 Interior Receipts Tod*'* Last Tr. Houston 440 St. Louis * Cincinnati —— Little Rook , Weekly Crop Movement, End ing Friday, July 3, 1914. 1914. 1918 1912. Shipments.. 16,483 12,877 8,869 Stock 43,940 28,296 20,039 Receipts . . 174,652 212,269 144.215 Crop in St. 65,043 57,530 65,305 Crop in St. 14,117,810 13,204,125 15,220,163 Vis. Supply 3,847,540 8,322,101 3,155,915 NEW YORK STOCK MARKET New York.—Gould issues rallied feebly today after an additional fall of the lirst hour but not before New Haven and Chesapeake and Ohio had gone lower. Chesapeake was induced by the order of the inter-state commerce commission affecting pig iron rates. Leaders with few exceptions, sold under yesterday, but recovered before noon In increasing appreciation of the crop outlook and in dications that the federal reserve situa tion is likely to be satisfactorily adjust ed. Washingtons latest attitude to wards business also w*as taken into gen eral account. The market made further improvement in the early afternoon but dealings became progressively smaller. Strength was shown by various special ties. including American Foundries, Con solidated Gas. Westinghousc and West ern Union. Honda were easy. The market closed heavy. Business w*as more active in the final horn 1 but most gains were wiped out. Recurrent weakness in Chesapeake and Ohio sejit that stock lower than before. NEW YORK~STOCK LIST Last Sale. Amalgamated Copper ... 70% American Agricultural 54 American Can 27% American Car and Foundry •'»-'*4 American Cities pfd 60% American Smelting 66 American Sugar 107 American Tel. and Tel 121 Atchison 99 Vi Atlantic Coast Line 120% Baltimore and Ohio 91% Canadian Pacific 193% Chesapeake and Ohio 47% Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul 99% Erie .29% General Electric T 49 Great Northern pfd 124% Kansas City Southern 2N Louisville and Nashville 13.) Liggett and Myers % 212 TiOriUard Company 170 Mexican Petroleum 61% Missouri, Kansas and Teaxs 16% New York Central 91 N. y.. N. H. and Hartford 62 Northern Pacific, ex-div. 110% Pennsylvania 113 Reading 161% Rep. Iron and Steel 22% Rock Island Co. pfd 2% Seaboard Air Line 18% Do pfd 54 Southern Pacific 97% Southern Railway 24% Tennessee Copper 33 Texas Company 142% Union Pacific 155% United States Steel ...* * 61% Do pfd 109% Virginia-Carolina CChemictl 29 Western Union 59% AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS GROCERIES. PROVISIONS D. B. Reg. Rib*. 60-lb. 12*4 D. S. Reg. Plate*. 8-10. ay 11 D. S. Clear Plates 19 D. S. Bellies. 26-lb MU Pearl Grltea, 96-lb., all uses 1.95 Yellow Com 95 Red Cob White Corn 98 Mixed Feed Oat* 61 Beat Whit* Oat* t>s Fancy Head Rice 05*4 Medium Head Rice 06 Japan Head Rice 03*4 Fancy Given Coffee RU Choice Green Coflee 13U Fair Green Coffee 12 Tencent Ro*ated Coffee, 100 pkgs.. .*7 Arbuckle's Coffee, pr. c*. 100-1 b.... .19.10 Arbuckle'e Ground Coffee, 36-lbs ..19.30 R. A J. Coffee. 50-lb. pkg* 15 Heno Coffee. Ground. 100 1-lb 21 P. R. Molaaeee, bbia 20 Cuba Molasses, bbla. 28 Rebolled Ga. Syrup, 44 bids 30 N. Y. Gr. Sugar, bbla. or bulk bag* 4.30 N. Y. Gr. Sugar. 4 25 bags 4.35 N. Y. Gr. Sugar <BO 2 ertns), per lb 4.15 N. Y. Gr. Sugar <6O 2crtns). per lb. 4.55 N. Y. Gr. Sugar 32-844 ertns, per lb 4 64 12-ox. Evaporated Milk 8.7$ Peerless 5c Evap. Milk, 6 doz ... 2.85 M. Sc L. Stick Candy. 80-lb. boxes . .0644 Ground Pepper. 10-lb. palls, per lb. .1844 Mixed Cow Peas, per bu 700 Whit* Cow Peas per bu 2.31 Tanglefoot Fly Paper 2.70 1- Chum Salmon 80 2- Tomatoe* 70 8-lb. Tomatoe* «| New Argo Salmon, per do* 3.50 Va. Peanut* 0544 MONEY MARKET New Yorlc—Mercantile paper 8 S-4.H 1-4. Sterling easier; 60 days 4 SJ6S; de. maud 4.*765. Commercial bills 185a455 Government Tiond* steady. Railroad bonds easy. Call money firm 2 1-2*2 7-8. Ruling rate 2 2-4; closing 2 l-2»3-4. Time loans weaker; 60 day* 2 1-2; 90 days 2 8-4; alx month* 3 3-4. No. Rollo. A girl Is not necaaairily o*lading a pet xritnd of booze when *he Is gazing Intently Into the window of a Fusel oil Foundry, The pieties rnske good mtrrows and she Is seeing If her hat 1* on atralght AVERAGE PRICES WHEAT. CORN Figuces Announced For Nation By Dep’t of Agriculture To day. Differences in Localities. Washington, D. C.—Wheat sold for only 1.4 cents a bushel more than corn on July Ist, according to the average of prices for all states just announced by the Department of Agriculture. In Kan sas corn was selling for 7 cents more a bushel than wheat. This was due to the failure of the Kansas corn crop last yeav and the fine prospect of the wheat crop there tills year. The average price of wheat for the country on July Ist was 76.9 cents a bushel. This is 19.3 cents less than the July average for the past five years. In North Carolina the price was 31.05 white inO Oklahoma it was 64 cents. The average price of corn was 7«".5 cents a bushel ov six cents a bushel more than the five-year average. In lowa, corn sold at 63 cents; in North Carolina 98 cents. mtTrices NOT ICR LESS Notwithstanding Prospect of Record Crop, Greatly Reduced Cost Will Not Result. Washington, D. C.—Despite a wheat clop estimate this year of 939,000,000 bushels, the largest on record, there is no prospect, according to the Department of Agriculture of greatly reduced prices. Such a large crop would augur very low prices, said the department In a state ment today were it not that the world crops of wheat and competing grains do not promise more than the average of recent years. Besides, more than the usual diversion of wheat from its use as food for livestock may be expected be cause of the present relatively short supply of corn in sections where there is a promise of abundant wheat. "With corn selling In Kansas for about seven cents more per bushel than wheat it is not surprising, officials say, that much wheat should be consumed as feed bv animals. It is estimated that about 45.000,000 bushels of wheat of last year’s crop was consumed as animal feed. HOURLY TEMPERATURES Decrees 6 A. M 72 7 A. M 73 8 A. M 75 9 A. M 79 10 A. M 83 11 A. M 86 12 noon 87 1 P. M 88 2 EP. M 91 AT THE BEACH. “She most.be still in love with her husband. ‘ “Why so?” "She opens his letters with the ut most eagerness.” “She's looking Tor a cheek.” No More Aeroplane Flights This Year —Churchill & : 1 > ■ * iy „• '■ sv* ' • • • •* **i ' v ' '' ' •> .w > , u , 'i- ;. 5 V ■ >’*/ ' y ,r " S ■ > ‘& J tr c \ i ii I 09 c vjuvoTrr. MRS WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL. London—Yielding to the repeated appeal* of hie wife, Winston Spencer Churchill, haa resolved to retrain from making any more aeroplane Slight* this .year Tho First I>ord of the Admiralty came to Nethemvon and inspected some machines • there, l'naware of hi* promise to his wife. Major Sykea, commandant of the Royal Flying Corps Invited him to have a flight in a new stability biplane. Mr Churchill stroked his chin as If in doubt whether to go or not, but finally deciied. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Prince Frederick Carl , Cousin of the Kaiser , is Champion of the German Athletic Club Berlin,—The . darling of the German athletic world at the moment is Prince Frederick Carl of Prussia, a cousin of the Kaiser and nephew of the Duchess of Connaught. He lias just won the “Modern Pentatlon” organized by the German Olympit game committee for officers of the army. The event con sisted of competitions In pistol shooting, fencing with the epee, switning, riding and cross-country running. Prince Frederick Carl, who is twenty one years old, captured each event hand somely, eliminating 180 rivals. He crossed the tape in the 1.500 metro run in almost record time, to be enthusias tically greeted by his mother, Princess Frederick Leopold. Prince Frederick Carl Is an export ten nis player, motorist and amateur boxer. He Is active in trailing for the Gorman Olympic team in 1916, and ills vigorous example is undoubtedly of wide moral influence on the somewhat sluggish ath letic spirit of German youth. Birth-rate Decline. The commission appointed hy the min istry for the interior to inquire into the causes of the striking decline of the birth-rate in Germany lias arrived at the conclusion that theio in no deteriora tion in the physique of the nation. The decline in the birth-rate is attributed rather to economic reason, and. to some extent, to the circumstance thru there exists a growing disinclination to mar riage. It is pointed out in the article that the recruiting lists for the army prove that tlie Get-man people are not ’fecoming degenerate. For years past the phvsl cal qualifications that must be fulfilled before a youth is accepted for service in the active anhy have been augmented and nevertheless, the physvai conditions of the youths presenting themselves ev By Pa ul Rings. I liavp made the mol to of an Amor- R-an self invade millionaire my own: "If you want to become rich be exceed ingly careful of your personal appear ance. I believe it was Morgan who said so, or was it perhaps Rockefeller? At any rate it was one of the (treat trust magnates, who knew from experience what he was talking about. My appearance is faultless. From the top of my silk hat, which is care fully ironed every morning, to the point of my patent leather shoes and light grey spats I am a copy of the latest fashion plate, and there Is no Intricacy of etlquitte on which I am not a recognized expert. Nobody suspects that I am in debt to tailors, shoemakers, perfume deal ers and waiters everywhere, and no ear hears the soft symphony of hun ger composed and perpetually execut ed by my stomach. One day I was taking a walk along the lake of the Four Cantons, when I discovered a jewelry case lying in the road. I opened it and could hardly believe my own eyes. It contained n jnagnificent diamond suhbiirst, a Pair of ruby earrings and an emerald neck lace of priceless value. 1 am quite an expert on precious stones and no mis take was possible. "Here is where I lay the foundation of my fortune,” I said to myself." i had not a single centime In my pocket but I was sure to gel a reward of at least a couple of thousand francs.” I decided to give my waiter a sub stantial tsp the next day and I would threaten my tailor if he did not stop dunning me I would pay his bill on tin spot and never give hint another order. I would pay my perfume dealers and apologize that the small amount had quite Slipped out of my mind. But first of all I would eat, I made up a delicious menu, beginning with caviar, turtle soup and trout and end ing with case noir, liqtier, brandy and a perfecto. Should I go to a jeweler and sell the gems? No, it was too risky. They Degrees FEDERAL LEAGUE VS. ORGANIZED DALE-GOSSIP New York—Where's that $4,000,000 vfar fund that Organized Baseball told us it had on tap last fall Just at the lime that the Federal* were beginning to sit up and take notice? , As far as anybody has been able to see, that war fund was just a myth and a bluff. It was a bluff intended to frighten the Federal*, but which didn’t frighten 'em one little bit. It seems to most people that It would have been a mighty good plan for Or ganized Baseball to have had a w;ft fund on hand. They certainly need It now. Such a fund would give them the real weapon with which to whip flie Federals. All the other weapons they have used, such as weekly predictions ihat the Feds would bust up the next week, daily shouts of “the Feds are Jokes’" and threats to blacklist all Jump ing players, have proved futile. Atid it seems almost time that Or ganized Baseball, if It expects to c ush the Federal!, got busy and used the simo tactics that have made the Feds wha; they are -the spending of an un limited bankroll. Why don’t Ban John son end John Toner order the magnates ti begin raiding the Feds? Why don't they outbid the Feds for players who rre on the point of jumping? Why don't they try to get back those who lave Jumped by offering them high** vages than the Feds now are prying the m? Of course to do that It would mean tha: Organized Monguel would hive to onstrap their bankrolls rind pay out as much money as they expected to make during the next year or two. But Isn't it wort?! It? No league can exist that hasn’t the star players. l» has been shewn that the players are fickle—that tbey’ll go wlnfre the most money Is for them. So why is Organized Baseball standing idly by letting its best players Jump, and doing nothing hut going Into the courts and restraining the players from playing? It may be a good move from Organ it'd Basel,all’s viewpoint to use court action to bar the players from playing with the Feds, but If this Jumping and restraining business keeps up thsFe'll be only a corporal's guard of players left In the cavort in the grand old pastime And It’s a cinch that the fans won’t pay to see baseball played in the courts. The Feds have come to realize that they are In a rather light position and that the only way out is to spend a mil lion or two Iti getting real tall players. And that’s what they are doing Thsv are bidding high'bidding unheard of I rices for b*!| players but they know that If they get the cream of the talent Iti the Organized Majors the expenditure will Ik* worth while They then will have the real payers Orgmixed Bsh*~ ball will have the leftovers. And th# crowds won’t go to see the leftovers. A GENTLEMAN vr.v .six months continue to show im provement. For Past Twenty Years. It has also been ascertained that the decline in the birth-rate is most marked among the classes of the population whose financial position enables them to bring up and educate children with ease. The commission draws attention to the fact that the birth-rate has been de clining universally for the post 20 years, and that the decline Ims not been so noticeable in Germany as in the Romance countries. It is also contended that the decline cannot be stemmed by legislation and that there Is. as a matter of fact, no need for legislation in Germany, where the rising generation is of such excel lent calibre. The nation, it is argued, depends not on the numbers but on the inner strength of Its population. Strengthen Race’s Stamina. Every endeavor is being made in Ger many hy encouraging the youth of both sexes to takt more outdoor exercise, and In study and the adoption of hygienic principles, to strengthen the stamina of the race. It Is furthermore pointed out in the article that a nation which can supplj 33,000 young men. in all respects physically competent and capable, for whom there is no room in the army, when even so largely increased ns It has been this yeav. cannot be described effects. There is certainly evidence on every hand that the youth of Germany Is to apply itself with obvious delight to outdoor exercise. This tendency lias also developed in the army. Hitherto, sport among of ficers has been mainly restricted to rid ing. while the men have been kept to ex* erciae in gymnasia attached to the bar racks. Football in ta*rack yards is not now unusual. had probably all been informed of the loss ns well as the pawn brokers. Be sides, I atn naturally honest. I decided to do the only proper thing and turn over the case to the police, claiming the legal reward. As the person who had lost the jewels must be very rich she would probably add another thousand francs to It. At the police station T was of course treated with the greatest courtesy and while I was filling in the necessary papers a lady came rushing in: “I have lost my Jewelry case con taining an emerald necklace, a dia mond sunburst and a Pair of ruby earrings,’’ she hurst out. “and 1 have just telephoned the papers that I sin willing to pay 6.000 francs reward to the person who finds it.” She produced five one thousand francs bills from her satchel. “I am very pleased to be able to tell you that your jewels have already been found, madam/’ said the ser geant politely. “This gentleman lias just handed them over to me.” He handed the case to the lady who opened it and looked at me with an expression as if to say: “It is easy enough for a man in your position to be honest.” Then she thanked me most, cordially still holding the five bills in her left hand. She evidently did not know what to do about tlje reward. Once more she looked at .my Immaculate and faultless appearance, and quickly returned the bills to her satchel, her eyes at the same time apologizing for the fact that she hud been In doubt If only for a moment. /*nd as a true gentleman, of course, I could not think of claiming the money. I dared not enter th** case. T felt sure that the waiter would have re fused my order. T whs afraid of going home, that a number of creditors were ramping outside my door and If my tailor happened to be. among them there would surely have been an awful row. TWd to pass the door of the perfume dealer whose pa tience would probably very soon be exhausted, too. But—l was a gentleman. Nothing sounds quite so absurd as these weekly predictions on the part of Bur* Johnson and his colleagues In Or ganized Baseball that the Feds will cer tainly bust up the next week. The Fed magnates have a few million dollars at stake. Most of them are mighty shrewd business men. They know that when caught in a tight comer the best plan is to leoseri more money and pull >ourself out of It. That’s what they are doing They are building now for next year, and It seems pretty certain that when they open the BUT, sc hon they will have in their ranks 4ulte u number of the big stars who are in or ganized Baseball today. The Federal League magnates aren't :* buncii of boobs as most of the ()r --g’f.lzed people would have one believe. The stories to the effect that President (Timor©, when in* Interested capital in the new league, told the people that millions would be made the first year, 1s a lot of bunk The men who invested In the Federal League ire of the type of men who have made success in other business enterprises and they know that no big returns can be expected from any Investment during the first year. hi very magnate now In the Federal League has armunoed his Intention of sttcklngn%nd of putting up Ills Inst dol lar to pull the baby league to the top. Karh one realizes that It’s going to be a real fight from now on and each Is prepared to fight to the finish. The small attendance at the Federal Lgagu# porks, for a time, discouraged the mag nates But they have to come to real ize that it isn't because th»- public Isn’t in sympathy with them but that Its be cause the public when It hss 7R cents i 1 $1 to spend would rather spend It in watching stars perform than to spend It wa'chlng Just ordinary [layers do the ct ores. And so they are out after the stars (Jive a woman time to powder her nose and she will save any emergency. Any bride will let a boob lead her to the altar. But that’s the last time he does any leading when she Is around. The girls ere getting prettier and wearing less each year This will be some fine old world along about IMX. The reason Father hates to. play cards with Mother Is because If be loses ha loses and If he wins he loses. A peach may he pink and pretty on the outside, but that is no guarantee hs to Its Inner substance. Noise won’t get you anvwl.ere. The fellow who plays tha hiss drum does n’t lead the band. When Friend Wife’s name is Amis and she heirs Friend Husband talking to ‘Dolly” In bis sleep, || |h a sign that flic weather next morning will be stormy and unsettle d. Listen lor g enough and let the other fellow talk long enough and he wi I get around to the point whtrs h« will tell his right nams. Kaiser Consents To Prince Oscar’s Morganatic Match Emperor William Has Highly Pleased the Democratic Element Which is Anxious He Should Make it Possible For Them to Remain Loyal to Him By His Gracious Consent of th* Marriage of His Fifth Son and the Sprightly Countess In* Von Bassewitz-Levitzow. Berlin. Emperor Wilhelm has highly i pleased Hie democratic element which Is anxious lie should make it. possible for , them to remain loyal to him, by Ids gru- i clous consent to the morganatic mar* j riage of Prince Oscar, his fifth son and i the sprnghtly Gountess lna von Basse- | wltz-Levitzow, the Empress’ maid of I honor. Indeed the recent history of European i royaltp would lead to the belief that the mysterious theory of “equal birth" is rapidly breaking down. Since beautiful Princess Sophia of Sachs-Weimar, kill ed herself because .she was restrained from wedding a simple nobleman the disintegrating tendency has been still stronger. Tradition Broken. Probably the greatest single factor in breaking down the walls of 1 lohenzollern tradition of exclusiveness Is the curious) position of Queen Mar\ of England. She is the granduuKhtev of a Gorman morganatic marriage. Her grandfather, son of Duke Alexander of WOrtemburg. renounced ids royal rank to contract a , morganatic union with the Polish Coun- * teas Glandlno von Rhedy. He whs then i created. Prince and Duke of Took. So the 'forks do not belong to the | “higher nobility” of Germany. This class 1 Includes only those who held the title under the Holy Homan Empire. If Princess Mary of Teclc had remained in Germany she could only have been tins , morganatic wife of even the youngest j son of a reigning Germany family. Indeed her mavrlage with a member of a family which had once reigned but long ago lost its possessions would have been morganatic. By tlds quaint theory of “equal birth,” n marquis or even a duke may not have the “equal birth” of a plain count, sup posing the count’s family is in the mus ty old list of tile Holy Roman Empire and the duke and marquis are not. “Equal Birth." The inconsistency of the “equal btVth'' theory was once admitted with ;muel» sang frolde hy Kaiser Friedrich, father of the present Emperor, according ta an anecdote widely quoted. A country gen tleman of the lowest rank was dis cussing families with Friedrich and fi nally exclaimed: “I can't, say I under stand all these rules, but 1 claim my f imih Is quite as good as tin* Hohcnzol- Ufrns!" y ‘‘Very true.” quoth the* Kaiser, "but tiie Hohenzollerns have got on faster.” Perhaps tho better standing of "un equal marriages” is to be attributed to the almost uniform felicity of such matches. Two non-royal marriages in the English reigning family, that of Queen Victoria’s daughtrV Louise to the late Duke of Argyll and «»f King George's sister Louise to the Duke of Fife, turned out most auspicious to ilie parties di rectly involved mid at Hie same time did much t«> build up the present good feeling between the English rulers and their people. Separation. In Germany Frederick William 11, king of Prussia tVom 1744 to 1797, bought off his royal wife to agree to a separation so he could morganatieally marry Frauln’n von Voss, a maid of honor to ids daugh ter, Princess Frederick. Saying it was slmplv a mailer of state, the King's father-in-law. the old Duke of Bruns wick, actually atVangcd the separation of id's royal daughter and the morganatic marriage with her rival. Thera was i little romance ohtu tills transaction, but the King proved happier with Ids mor ganatic wife than lie hud been with his mate of ‘equal birth." So eager was Prince Constance of HohUnzollcVn to marry morgmiathaMy the daughter of Baron Schenk that lie abdicated the governorship of Hm princi pality of Hohenzollern in 1850 in favor of tlie King <>f Prussia. gra ciously created the bride-to-be Countess of Rothenberg and “they lived happily ever afterward." That same year Prince Adalbert, of Prussia, for whom the present Kaiser's third son is named, made a morganatic match with the famous German dancer, Theresa Kisser, who had been created Baroness of Barnlm. Famous Struggle. Then there In the famous struggle of Duke George 11 of Hachsen-Melnlngen to secure recognition for Ids wife, who was Ellen Franz, a popular Shakespearean actress. She was the daughter of an Englishman and a Naumberg schoolmas ter. On their wedding day In 1378 or imediately thereafter, every one of the court dignitaries and nil the ministers of state resigned. All sorts of downright Insults were heaped upon the head of the talented woman until her tormenters I received the well-deserved till “souls of lackeys.“ The Golonel of a Prussian j regiment stationed In Melnlngen forbid | his officers to greet the wife of tlie i Duke (now a Ratoness) when she pass ed them. The Hohenzollerns ignored her. By a curious coincidence on the day whan his son publicly announced his I Never Mind The Stringl Don’t put it off until you get down town, don’t wait another minute, fill out the coupon below and mail it now! Then you won’t miss a single issue of The Herald during your vacation. You’re going for a rest # Yea, verilv; but you’re not going to drop out of Augusta life. You want to know what’s doing von don’t want to come back ignorant of everything worth while that’s happened in your absence. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA, Enclosed find .... (13c week; 50c month) Send Herald from .. ... .. until To At (St., Hotel, etc.) Postoffice rntniiiK moi-Kanatic marriage the KaUw for the first time sent a message of friendly greeting to the wife of his “cousin of Sacha-Melnlngen.” who that day attained her seventy-fifth birthday. “Ebenburtikelt." But while the Basseyuitses never had tlie privilege of "equal birth” with roy alty, they have held the honor of night hood as far back as they can be traced. Tt is to he noted that the BaasewUzes were nights In the days when the ances tors of the Princess Fugger was a mas ter weaver in Augsburg Yet the Fug gers now have the privilege of “ebenbur tigkeit.” Tlie Countess has captivated the hearts of all Germans who have met her ns well ms the members of the royal family, by her sparkling wit and by her excellent singing voice. “.After Wilhelm heard her sing he could not resist her,” is tlie saying with regard to the removal of the Kaiser's opposition. She Is not strikingly beauti ful. but her pleasing appearance has made her s a brilliant star in the stodgy court of the German empress. All the other women attached to the Empress’ service have been in service since the early days of her marriage and either nve. or are old enough to be grand mothers. The Countess’ heat friend in her love Affair has been the Crown Princess Ceci lio, whose brother is the Grand Duke of Mecklemburg. of wh4rh the Countess* father is minister of state. Comtng from tlie same place to Berlin and with the same vivacity, good looks, and pleasure in pretty clothes and piquant society, they naturally formed an alliance against the stiff and conventional surroundings. Tiie dav after the marriage of Prince Oscar and Countess lna the royal bride groom will confer a settlement upon his wife. This is the 'morgengabe" (morn ing gift), from which the term ‘mor ganatic” comes. "Unequal Birth." The marriage ceremony differs from the usual custom in that the bride joins her right hand to tlie bridegroom’s left, hand (a token of their unequal birth) and for this she cannot Inherit the es tates of her husband or receive his «royal name. lienee, the day after the marriage h« bestows a new title upon her, according to the arrangements of the state, and n financial settlement. This morganatic marriage Is considered as founding an entirely new family. The Kaiser will grant the family « new name and Prince Oscar will be paid a lump sum instead of his princely allowance. Morganatic marriages have from time to time been attacked as equivalent to concubinage. This is a mistake, for the whole sys tem of morginatc marriages has been built up by the Protestant Church to preserve the purity of the marriage re lation and nt the same time preserve the sanctity of royalty. The royai bridegroom cannot msrry again in the lifetime of ills morganatic wife unless she is regularly divorced. 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